There are severe constraints on the supply side of the provision of infrastructure in Asia. The infrastructure financing gap between what is invested in Asia-Pacific (around US$48 billion) and what is needed (US$228 billion) is around US$180 billion every year.
Placed in the centre of a garden bed, they can be underplanted with low growing shrubs and bulbous plants for an harmonious effect; or underplanted with grass for a contrasting statement. Alternatively, the tree can be situated at the end of a long garden to draw visitors out into the garden.
Plantations Plantations are intensively managed stands of trees that have been artificially planted with native or exotic species, laid out in rows. Plantation species are described as either hardwood (mostly eucalypts) or softwood (e.g. pines) depending on the density and hardness of the wood. In general, hardwoods have harder denser wood, and include the angiosperms that reproduce by producing seeds with a covering.